An Example for All the Land: Emancipation and the Struggle over Equality in Washington, D.C. - Softcover

Masur, Kate

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0807872660 ISBN 13: 9780807872666

Publisher: University North Carolina Pr, 2012

Synopsis

An Example for All the Land reveals Washington, D.C. as a laboratory for social policy in the era of emancipation and the Civil War. In this panoramic study, Kate Masur provides a nuanced account of African Americans' grassroots activism, municipal politics, and the U.S. Congress. She tells the provocative story of how black men's right to vote transformed local affairs, and how, in short order, city reformers made that right virtually meaningless. Bringing the question of equality to the forefront of Reconstruction scholarship, this widely praised study explores how concerns about public and private space, civilization, and dependency informed the period's debate over rights and citizenship.

About this title

About the Author

Kate Masur is assistant professor of history and African American studies at Northwestern University.

From the Back Cover

Masur offers the first major study of Washington during Reconstruction in over fifty years. Masur's panoramic account considers grassroots struggles, city politics, Congress, and the presidency, revealing the District of Columbia as a unique battleground in the American struggle over equality.

Edition details

• Publisher: University North Carolina Pr
• Publication date: 2012
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0807872660
• ISBN 13: 9780807872666
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 376